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digital preservation of all my pins-- ranging from very silly to very political to very unique & cool

The back of a black jean jacket, with all my pin photos placed on top of it.
a white pin with the black anarchist 'A' symbol laid over an upside down pink triangle a dengue fever pin, in which a woman with a cool headdress on holds an alligator/crocodile in her arms, palm [?] leaves surrounding her, a blue circle behind her head, and the words 'Dengue Fever' above her an enamel alice bag pin with a woman who has a bag over her head, except the bag is ripped down the middle so that you can see the right half of her head-- her long black hair and red lips. on the bag side, blue eyeliner and black lips are painted on, with a black sticker w/ white text that says 'BAGS' on it an enamel pin of charmander, but stylized to look like jack skellington, with a pinstripe suit, black & blue flames, a light grey skintone, skellington's lip style, and more an enamel pin of a black hercules beetle with a light gray brain as its abdomen an enamel pin of a cartoon-styled black cat with big, yellow eyes and blue crystals sticking out behind it-- a skull sitting on its stomach, with its tail wrapped around it an enamel pin for the RCC marching tigers color guard at the 1997 tournament of roses parade an enamel pin of a polygonal terrarium with four cacti/succulents inside a pin that say 'direct action gets the goods' in red text with a red tool underneath that says 'fuck shit up' on it a pin of the bear flag a yellow pin that said 'united we bargain, divided we beg' with a fist that's holding two lightning bolts in the middle. there's also smaller text that says 'to form a more perfect union' a beige pin that says 'draft beer not students' a pin that has a yellow plastic rim that seems to be mimicing a bottle cap edge and a photo of general shang from disney's mulan in the middle alt an enamel pin of the rider-waite tarot card of the star a hexagonal enamel pin for mammmoth lakes california with dark blue mountains in front and an orange daytime sky on the left side & a blue nighttime sky on the right an enamel pin of a black silhouette joshua tree in a desert, in front of a red sky and mountains, that says 'Joshua Tree California' at the bottom a red pin with a gray dog that has a blue bowtie on & is drinking a milkshake a silly pink pin that says 'PISCES' in white on it and has two cats with fish tails, immitating the pisces symbol a light blue pin that says 'prisons are for burning' with a match on fire at the end in between 'are for' and 'burning' a black & white pin with a punk-looking person with short hair-- their hair taking up most of the pin. in their hair are the words 'RAZ NASTY' in white-- the name of a cool artit a black pin with the words 'RAZ NASTY' [a cool artist] on it, in red and stylized to look like intestines an enamel pin of a lemon a pin that's literally just a light blue stone a pin with an orange forest in the background and two little slips of paper that say 'ze' and 'zir' overlaying it a pin with a gray ocean in the background and two little slips of paper that say 'she' and 'zir' overlaying it a pin with a white, clay bust in some sort of exhibiit and two little slips of paper that say 'he' and 'zir' overlaying it a pin of a little dog with a fluffy brown and beige/gray face 'driving' a car, his hand on the wheel a colorful universal studios halloween horror nights 2022 pin with all the monsters & mazes represented on it in some way an enamel pin of the two figures in gustav klimt's the kiss a pin of a person with light, warm-toned skin and dark curly haiir in what looks like a mullet. they seem to be leaning back a bit, propped up on their arm a wite pin that says 'ANIMATION LABOR REFORM NOW' with the 'O' in 'NOW' being the first drawing in a series of a little red ball bouncing an enamel pin of a cow skull with little rainbow squiggles on it a pin of a little pink monster with striped horns in an orange hoodie with a skull on it, standing in front of a field of colorful mushrooms (?) an enamel pin of mulan in her iconic dress from disney's mulan a sort of malleable, plastic pin from the los angeles 'samskara' exhibit by android jones. in the pin is the face of a man, with what seems like plates of his face on the sides, all in different psychedelic colors a gold enamel pin in the shape of a shield, with the words 'PROUD' engraved in the top and a rainbow filling the rest of it a pin with red & black circles in the background and a skull & crossbones in the center an enamel pin of a fat corgi with its tongue out wearing a totoro costume an enamel pin of a light blue narwhal with three books skewered on its horn an enamel pin of a trans flag in the shape of a heart a pin that says 'the only inherently dangerous minority is the rich' in red text with a barbed wire fence below it a gold enamel pin of the emblem forr the school of the wolf from the witcher-- a gift a black & white pin that says 'destroy fascism' with a fist punching a swastika in the center a pin of a little felt animal [koala? bear? dog?] in a blue dress, holding a pink flower with a leaf, and an orange bow on its head a black pin with white text that says 'fight war not wars, destroy power not people' a white pin with black text/images that says 'WE'RE HERE / WE'RE HERE / WE RIOT!' with a 3x2 grid of queer art before the 'WE RIOT!' part a pin of a black volume knob an enamel pin of ghostface from scream coming out of the audio hub of a cassette, with the words 'what's your favorite scary movie?' on the top & bottom part of the cassette a black pin with white text/drawings that says 'what you make is all you control' and an anarchist 'A' symbol crafted from a hammer, chisel, and paint brush, all in front of a buzz saw in back a white pin with black text that say 'WARNING! your local police are armed & dangerous' a white pin with a colorful & stylized bird on it that's holding olive branches and a protest sign that says 'WE THE PEOPLE!' a white pin with an upside down pink triangle on it that says 'Yes homo' in courier new font in front a pin of an upclose image of a drawing of lord krishna a glassy enamel pin of the california state parks' emblem a blue pin of a sort of mandala surrounding an evil eye a pin i made at a festival as a small child, both halves of it with different flower patterns. on the right, a pattern with a light brown background, dark brown branches, and a red flower. on the left, a pattern with a dark brown background and pink flowerrs a light blue pin with a weird, dark blue monster on it-- sort of monkey-looking-- with a yellow tongue, and the word 'breath' below it. i don't know what it means, either an enamel pin of stitch from lilo & stitch with a blue & white polka dot bra on his head a glassy enamel pin with an orange ring around it that says 'ANZA-BORREGO DESERT STATE PARK * HOME TO THE BIGHORN' with a drawing of a bighorn sheep in warm colors in the middle an enamel pin with a starry night sky in three different colors of blue and a desert & waterways below, with the words 'Anza-Borrego Desert State Park' at the bottom an enamel pin of a little cartoon light brown teddy bear smiling and holding a rainbow heart to its chest a weird clay-textured enamel pin of the geographic united states with the american flag glazed over it... it's ironic, i promise an enamel pin of a pikachu and pichu walking, stylized to look like totoro wth coloring. the pikachu is also holding a leaf umbrella with a dust bunny on it how totoro does in the film a red pin with a black dog [pug?] in a blue blazer holding a boombox behind them, and some white music notes around them both a blue pin with three teeth on it [each of which having only one or two teeth] and that says 'tooth or dare' a weird pin of a skeleton with a skirt on riding a bike, outlined in black, and with an orange/yellow aura in the background behind that


my mom's partner gifted me these beautiful pins they got at a silent auction during a 'women in medicine' org event

you can click here for more information on the pins as described in a letter from the original owner. a full transcript is in the alt text, as well September 11, 2023. Dear [redacted], Enclosed is the 1970s-1980s pin collection for which you made the successful [bid] at the recent WIM meeting. I am sending them to you attached to the fabric as in the photo in case you might be interested in mounting them rather than deconstructing that display (up to you, of course). There is also one more button not pictured. To the right is a photo of another small collection of pins. These are from my companion Liz and my 1987 trip to the Soviet Union. I am still a bit of a kid in enjoying collecting and putting together such things! These comments reflect the provenance of the buttons/pins you are receiving, to the extent known/remembered: — The two green ERA pins were ordered through an ad in MS magazine, itself a nascent icon of the times. — The small green pin with gold rim and trefoil is a 1940s Girl Scout pin (my mother’s in Faribault, MN). — The red and maize colored small rectangle is an early Emily's List logo. — The ERA 87 and its reference to the Constitution Bicentennial reflects the 200th anniversary of the ratification of the Constitution in 1787 (which took the Founding Fathers 11 years to craft from the time of the Declaration of Independence, communications re which are preserved in the Federalist Papers [=the original letters, not the contemporary right wing dark money organization Federalist Society] ). — the gold US Capitol melded with the female sign I believe came from Emily's List. — The red fist within the female sign on yellow background folks of that era will recognize as inspired by the Black Power fist...ergo Women’s Power. — White oval with Lady Liberty and flag...of that time when we were still hoping the ERA would be ratified, but I do not recall from where it came. — Pink triangle is a pin from US Holocaust Museum in Washington, referring to the pink triangle gay folks were forced to wear along with Star of David for Jews and their parallel journey to the gas chambers. — The rhinoceros with the red heart inside...no recall from where it came. You will find a 2” ‘bonus pin’ which was not in the photo: Fight Lesbian and Gay Oppression. It is from a ‘gay rights march’ on Washington in the middle 1980s. I hope you enjoy these, [redacted]! Kind regards, [redacted]

Back of blue jean jacket with images of my pins laid over it.
an enamel pin with a white rim that says 'FAILURE IS IMPOSSIBLE' on it, enclosing a drawing of lady liberty holding a piece of parchment that says 'ERA' on it in front of an american flag an enamel pin that's yellow with a red 'female' symbol with a fist in the center a gold enamel pin of the 'female' symbol with the state capitol building in the center a metal enamel pin that is mostly silver and says 'ERA YES' on it, with the background behind the text being a bright green a pin with a rhino on it, and a little drawn heart where i assume its heart would be a green enamel pin with gold trim and a gold girl scouts of america trefoil symbol on it a pin with an upside down pink triangle that says 'FIGHT LESBIAN AND GAY OPPRESSION' in front of it. at the top of the pin, it says 'LESBIAN & GAY FOCUS', and at the bottom, it says 'ALL-PEOPLES CONGRESS * PEOPLES ANTI-WAR MOBILIZATION' a black enamel pin that has an upside down pink triangle on it, and the text 'UNITED STATES HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL MUSEUM' under it an enamel pin that says says 'THE BICENTENNIAL OF THE U.S. CONSTITUTION' acrosss the top and bottom, with the words 'ERA 87' in the center, separated by a drawing of the liberty bell an enamel pin with two side by side squares-- the one on the left red, and the one on the left maize/orange-yellow